The Nigger of the Narcissus
by Joseph Conrad
“In the heart of the ocean, one man’s shadow falls over an entire crew.”
When James Wait boards the Narcissus, his mysterious illness casts a haunting pall over the ship’s treacherous journey toward London. This visceral psychological drama explores the fragile bonds of men at sea as they navigate a voyage where the greatest storm is the one raging within the crew's conscience.
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